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Romanticized cowboys and Indians, and real artifacts, at 'Go West!' exhibit at Utah Museum of Fine Arts

How the West was won, how it was lost, and how it was romanticized are on display in a new exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

“In this community, there’s a lot of people who love Western art, and a lot of people who love Indian art,” said Gretchen Dietrich, UMFA’s executive director, at a preview of “Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.”

The touring exhibit, from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo., features more than 80 works of art from 1830 to 1930, featuring such well-known artists as Frederic Remington, Charles M.